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>people would specifically introduce themselves as being from spain so as to not be mistaken for mexicans and be treated as white as a result.

you think Mexicans/hispanics just transformed after they claimed independence from spain? They've lived in the southwest for hundreds of years and become homogenized, Cletus is not gonna gonna play geographical politics like you're doing. Pic related was a guy living in New Mexico that said fuck it I need to claim european heritage to assimilate in the U.S cause he saw the social revolution happening in Mexico (denying Spanish culture, embracing Indegineous Ideology). And it worked.

>also nice cherrypicked photo with fucking contrast bumped up to make his skintone look darker lmao
drastic cope, thats from Desperado where he plays


A Mexican.